Im German
I tried to imitate a british dialect in school, but it ended up more American with a very little bit of irish because of a vacation there and because of some YouTubers I like to watch. But it’s a very light accent, like d/t instead of th - “cat’hedral” instead of “cathedral”.
Austrian here. My school struck to Oxford English and we had speaking exercises to get us to adopt a British accent. (Their main goal was to make us sound more native and less like Arnold Schwarzenegger). American and Austalian accents were accepted but not actively encouraged by the teachers.
I myself tried to adopt the British accent but I think I kinda ended up in a weird mixture of British and American English :')
When I started I couldn’t tell the differences, so I tried imitating any native speaker I’d come across. It was rather confusing at times.
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Finn here. Never tried to imitate anything. More like tried to find a clean and sensible or neutral approach if possible, if anything.
I didn’t try to imitate any particular dialect/accent.
It is hard enough to learn a second language. I simply imitate whoever I interact with, or passively acquire the accent while watching/listening to media.
Edit: such weird rule to require saying which country I’m answering for. It isn’t always relevant. To avoid this answer being removed, I will say it anyway: Hong Kong.
I posted a thread asking for feedback on the rule, but the only response I got was in support.
Can you explain why you don’t think it’s relevant in this case? I feel it could be interesting to know if, for instance, people tend to imitate the English-speaking country that’s closest to them or that they have the closest trade relations with.